Enlightened Monks

The German Benedictines 1740-1803

AvUlrich L. Lehner

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Enlightened Monks investigates the social, cultural, philosophical, and theological challenges the German Benedictines had to face between 1740 and 1803, and how the Enlightenment process influenced the self-understanding and lifestyle of these religious communities. It had an impact on their forms of communication, their transfer of knowledge, their relationships to worldly authorities and to the academic world, and also their theology and philosophy. The multifaceted achievements of enlightened monks, which included a strong belief in individual freedom, tolerance, human rights, and non-violence, show that monasticism was on the way to becoming fully integrated into the Enlightenment. Ulrich L. Lehner refutes the widespread assumption that monks were reactionary enemies of Enlightenment ideas. On the contrary, he demonstrates that many Benedictines implemented the new ideas of the time into their own systems of thought. This revisionist account contributes to a better understanding not only of monastic culture in Central Europe, but also of Catholic religious culture in general.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-03-24
Mått:162 x 240 x 20 mm
Vikt:560 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199595129
Utmärkelser:Winner of the 2011 John Gilmary Shea Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association

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Ulrich L. Lehner is William K. Warren Professor of Theology at University of Notre Dame, Indiana. A member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, he has received awards and fellowships from the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, the Notre Dame Institute of Advanced Study, the Earhart Foundation, the German Humboldt Foundation and the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation. He is the award-winning author of several scholarly works on early modern and modern history of religion.

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The book demonstrates in surprising new ways how eighteenth-century Benedictines of the Catholic Enlightenment engaged with all branches of contemporary academic study while simultaneously accommodating the monastic life to modernizing trends in European society. Engagingly written, deeply researched, and seriously engaged with current research, Lehner's work demonstrates that the Enlightenment was far more than a secular movement pitted against an obscurantist religious outlook. It was, rather, a multi-faceted trend to reconcile science and reason with matters of faith. Enlightened Monks illustrates how, paradoxically, an institution known most as a relic of the medieval past actually stood on the front lines of this endeavor.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction ; 2. The Challenge of Historiography ; 3. The Challenge of a New Life Style ; 4. The Challenge of a New Liberty ; 5. The Challenge of New Modes of Communication ; 6. Monastery Prisons and the Enlightenment ; 7. Runaway Monks ; 8. The Challenge of New Theories of Law ; 9. The Challenge of New Philosophies ; 10. The Challenge of a New Theology ; 11. Conclusion ; Bibliography